Vehicle-wheel.



G. A. BUDGE.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLIQATION FILED snPT.1s, 1907.

908,442. Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

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GEORGE BUDGE, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN l`. RYAN.

e OF VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.' 5, 1909.

Application led September 13, 1907. Serial No. 392,736..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. BUDGE,

citizen of Great Britain, residing at Oak. land, in the county of Alameda and'State of California, have invented new and useful Imrovements in Vehicle-Wheels, of which the ollowing is a specification.

Myfnvention relates to vehicle wheels, and especially those wheels designed for the use of automobiles and the like.

rim member with hingedcoactingclamp-j aw elements for the reception and ready securing of a pneumatic-tue between them. All this will e'explained by reference'to theaccompanying drawings, in which--A Flgure 1 is a side elevation of the wheel partl broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectiona view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a ortion of the clamp. Fig. 4 1s a modified orm.

A re resents a hub .to which is 'fxedly se cured t e annular plate or disk 2. This disk` is of nearly the same diameter as the wheel, and is provided near its periphery with an annular concaved seating portion 3, which forms the-xed jaw member ofmytire or tube-clamping means. On the inside of the disk 2, proximate to the seat 3,' is the annular flange 4, formingV a bottom seat and sulpt e ort for a tire or tube 5. Inside of ange 4 are lugs 6, arranged in pairs atk suitable intervals and secured to, -or made inte-v gral With, the plate 2, which latter" forms practically the spokes of the wheel.

Hinged' between the lugs are the movable clamp members 7 havingthe arms or handles 8. These clamp members -7 .are segmental in form, and are of anysuitable number, and so arranged circumrerentially,A one with respect to the other, as to extend clear around the plate 2, and are adapted .to cooperate With the fixed jaw member or seat 3 to grip the tire. The several handles 8 are pivoted to the respective clamp members 7 to swing in a plane at right angles to'the plane of oscillation of the members 7, for the purpose of allowing the handles to ride up Aand down the cam surfaces or undulations 9 on the annular cam flange 10. The latter is carrled by the plate 2 at some suitable point between the hub and the pivots 6 of the members 7.

' The abutting edges of the several segmental clamp members are preferably thick ened, as shown at 7', so as to insure their pro er alining, and prevent any possibility of t eir overlapping one another.

rIhe housing plate or disk 11 is slidable lengthwise of .the hub on the inside of the. wheel and this plate 11, when moved up and secured by lthe lock-nut'12, jwill suitably house the parts to prevent-ingress of dirt, and give a neat appearance to the wheel.

The tube 5 that is grip ed by the members 3-7 may bethe tire which runs u on the roadway, as seen in Fig. 4; or, as s own in Fig. 2, it may form an inner cushion to an outer and nonuncturable tire or tread member 13, whic is suitably shaped so as to .be gripped also between the jaw members 3--7.

' It ispossible thatvarious changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction of the invention, without'departing from the principle thereof.

. Having thus described my invention, what .I claim and desire. -to secure by Letters Patent is- 1.\In a vehicle wheel, a tire securing means, consisting of a support for one side of the tire, hinged coperating clamping segments for the opposite side of the tire, and projections on the segments and coacting Projections 011 the Support, for holding the segments in closed osltion 'against the tire. 2. Ina vehicle wheel, a rim portion, comprising a stationary annular seat for one side of the tire, and a hinged cooperating seat portion for the opposite side of the tire, and means comprising an arm connected with the hinged seat-portion and a cam surface connected with the stationary seat-portion 'adapted to be engaged by the arm to hold the hinged seat-portion 1n its closed position.

' 3. In a vehicle Wheel, a hub, a spolrekelement secured to the hub, said spoke element having a fixed seat portion for one side of the tire, and hinged coacting seat elements for the other side of the tire carried by said spoke element, with means for tightening and loosening said hinged elements, said means comprising arms projecting from the hin ed seat, elements and projections connected with the spoke element adapted to be engagedby said arms to hold the hinged elements in closed position.

4. In a vehicle wheel7 the combination with a hub of an annular plate forming a spoke element, said plate carrying a seat for one side of the tire, and having an undulating cam concentric with its axis, and segmental clainp members hinged to the late constituting a seat for the o posite si e of the tire, said clamp members aving projecting arms adapted to be forced over the elevations of said cam to lock the clamp members in position against the tire.

5. In a vehicle Wheel, the combination with a hub of an annular plate forming a spoke element, said plate carrying a seat for one side of the tire, and segmental clamp members hinged to the late constituting a seat for the'opposite sige of the tire, said clamp members having their abutting edges thickenedl to prevent their overla ing.

6. In a vehicle Wheel, the com mation With. a hub of an annular plate forming a spoke element, said plate carrying a seat for one side of the tire, segmental clamp members hinged tothe plate constituting a seat for the opposite side of the tire, arms on said clam members hinged to turn transverse to the p ane of oscillatmn' of thefmembers, and an undulating cam with which said arms cooperate to actuate the clamps to grip the tire.

7. In a vehicle Wheel, the combination with a hub of an annular plate forming a spoke element, said plate carrying a seat for one side of the tire, segmental clamp members hinged to the plateconstituting a seat l for the opposite side of the tire, arms on said clamp members hinged to turn transverse to4 the plane of oscillation of the members, an undulating cam with Which said arms cooperate to actuate the clam s to grip the tire, and a movable housing p ate on the hub x,inclosing said clamp o eratlng means.

1 In testimony whereo I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

' GEORGE A; BUDGE.

Witnesses:

S. H. NoURsE,

FREDERICK E. MAYNARD. 

